Plein Aire Painting in Tucson, Arizona
Location: Tucson Location
Room: TBA
Mar 22-26, 2010
Meets 9:00 AM-4:00 PM
on Mon Tue Wed Th Fri
Tuition: $585.00
Level: INT-ADV
Status: This program has been canceled
This workshop will cover the fundamentals of landscape painting with pastel, including composition, values, masses, focal point, edges, drawing and color. Pastels’ consistent colors lend themselves naturally to outdoor studies and indoor studio work. Weather permitting, the class will be outdoors every day working on location creating small pastel field studies. Chavez feels that working from life is the best way to gain the skills and knowledge to improve your landscape work. This workshop is for those who already enjoy working with pastel or who desire to experiment with this medium. Portable easel and transportation necessary.
- Workshop is held in Tucson, Arizona and hotel reservations should be made in Tucson.
Instructor -- Lorenzo Chavez
LORENZO CHAVEZ was born in New Mexico, where the striking landscapes, varied cultures and colorful history helped him develop an appreciation for art at an early age. He studied at the Colorado Institute of Art and the Art Students League of Denver. He has also intensively studied the Impressionists and 19th century American and Russian painters. He is a member of the Northwest Rendezvous Group and Plein Air New Mexico. Chavez shows in national invitational exhibitions across the country, including the Pastel Society of America, Artists of America, The Northwest Rendezvous Group, C.M. Russell Auction, Landscapes of the American West, Plein Air Painters of America, Loveland Art Museum, Albuquerque Museum Miniatures and Artists of the West. In 2006, he was part of a three-person exhibition at the Bradford Brinton Memorial Museum. His work has been featured in many prominent magazines including Art of the West, Southwest Art, Pastel Journal, Art-Talk, American Artist Magazine, and The Artist’s Magazine. In 2006, he was included in two books: Pure Color; The Best of Pastel and The Plein Air Year.
Website: www.lorenzochavez.com